Strange Tales
#98
(July 1962)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-04-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
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No Human Can Beat Me!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Frank Taylor
- Synopsis
- An alien lands on Earth and issues a challenge to best any man at any contest or the Earth will be invaded. The alien defeats all comers until one man challenges it to sleep longer than him, claiming to have slept for one million years. The alien vows to sleep for two million years. Guards are set up around the cave to keep anyone from disturbing the creature and the man's formerly nagging wife is eternally grateful to him for saving Earth.
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #67, #133 ([circa 1972 - 1973]) -
in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #38 (October 1975) - in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. The third and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).
The Party
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- [J-959]
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Braggle
- Synopsis
- A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.
- Reprints
- from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
They Vanished Forever!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Job Number
- V-728
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Captain William Reynolds; Thomas Clark; Flying Dutchman; Ghosts
- Synopsis
- Sailors find the "Flying Dutchman" and take the ship's gold, despite the pleas of the ghost crew. They are turned into ghosts to replace that crew, leaving the man who refused the gold unharmed.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #51
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (August 1966)
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #19 (October 1975) which is reprinted
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #59 (Avril 1976) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #225 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
-
Indexer Notes
The second and fifth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The TV Fan!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Inks
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Laura Wentworth; Pete Sloan
- Synopsis
- A lazy cad tricks a rich girl into marrying him so that he can watch TV all day. His wife sees her mistake and reveals that she’s a witch, turning him into a fan on the television: a ‘tv fan’.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #25
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34 (1964 ?)
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #74 ([circa 1971]), #112 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #139 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
-
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
A Fortune in Beans!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as
Stan Lee [early- to mid-career]) - Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-730
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mr. Bixby
- Synopsis
- A bean seller is chagrined to find that he has competition from the Giant, of Jack and Beanstalk fame, who has decided to go into business selling his giant beans.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
No Human Can Beat Me!
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1.
No Human Can Beat Me!
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2.
The Party
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3.
They Vanished Forever!
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4.
The TV Fan!
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5.
A Fortune in Beans!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- John Brichetto
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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